SMUT CITY presents: DEEP THROAT
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You’ve heard the title, you know the plot, but have you ever seen the actual movie?
This June will mark the 40th anniversary of DEEP THROAT’s initial release, the $25,000 pornographic film that went on to earn $600 million, become a national conversation piece, and define pornography for nearly two decades. While the behind the scenes drama surrounding the production was enough to fill a documentary, few people today have actually seen the film for themselves. This is a situation SMUT CITY will be rectifying on February 19th by screening DEEP THROAT as it was meant to be seen: in a public theater! After all, that’s where your parents went to see it.
Looking beyond the mob connected distributors, Linda Lovelace’s later allegations, and the obscenity scandals DEEP THROAT caused, one finds a light-hearted dirty movie that is still surprisingly strange considering the national popularity it attained. DEEP THROAT is the quintessential seventies porno, in no small part because it set the mold that pornographers attempted to emulate for the rest of the decade. There are big bushes and bigger mustaches and a funky soundtrack moving everything along. The acting varies -Lovelace is a bit bland while Harry Reems hams it up wonderfully – and the plot is a thin excuse to show off Lovelace’s sword swallowing skills. But out of that jumble emerges a shaggy, likable little film about a girl who knows there is more to life than what she’s got and thus sets out to find her tinkler.
Is DEEP THROAT the best pornographic film of all time? Certainly not. But it was the bridge between the pseudo-porno pretenses of the sixties, when you had to watch artsy foreign flicks or nudist documentaries just to catch a little skin, and the plot-driven penetration-laden pounders that flooded the market afterwards. Also, it’s going to be great to watch it in a room full of people and realize that the 65 year olds you pass on the street did the exact thing 40 years ago. Though unfortunately, the New Movement theater isn’t run by the mob so you won’t be allowed to masturbate as freely as you could back then. Sorry.
WHAT: SMUT CITY presents: DEEP THROAT
WHEN: February 19th, 9:00PM
WHERE: The New Movement, 1819 Rosewood Ave
PS: 18+ BYOB $5
SPECIAL NOTE: In honor of one of the greatest, most unbelievable scenes of the film, we will be providing FREE Coca-Cola for your enjoyment.
SMUT CITY presents: SEX FREAKS
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Get ready for the most far out porn… err, “documentary,” to ever crawl out of the sex-and-psychedelics explosion we loving refer to as the early seventies. A pseudo-scientific, psychedelic exploration of the paraphilias and sexual freakiness that occurs when the Man tries to repress mankind’s natural state of free love, SEX FREAKS is a non-stop collage of vaguely related sex scenes and hippy speak mumbo jumbo. Like EASY RIDER on ecstasy, this film journeys through the fashions and general funkiness that permeated American culture in the aftermath of the summer of ’69. Though the so-called fetishes it explores are tame by today’s standards – homosexuality, nymphomania, and masturbation all make the list – SEX FREAKS is anything but mild mannered masturbation material.
Directed by M.C. Von Hellen of SEXUAL FREEDOM IN DENMARK fame, SEX FREAKS is what used to be called a “white coater,” a pornographic film masquerading as a legitimate documentary on sexual matters. While most of the other white coaters of that era at least made a pretense towards being an educational film, SEX FREAKS is pure, unfiltered hippy propaganda. A cinematic ode to free love and hardcore fucking, the visual style of this film is unlike anything else out there. Add to that a consistently hilarious narration, out-dated fashion, and a whole lot of fucking and you’ve got what will likely be the most far out, freaky-deaky, super fun SMUT CITY yet.
While there are literally hundreds of amazing lines and moments in this film, we decided that rather than give anything away, we wanted to keep the surprises fresh and reward those that show up simply because they trust our taste. However, we couldn’t help but share these promotional post cards we crafted for the film. The first is an actual quote, the second is just awesome. Print these out and send them to someone you love, like, or just want to get high and watch psychedelic porn with.
WHAT: SMUT CITY presents: SEX FREAKS
WHEN: November 20th, 10:30PM
WHERE: The New Movement, 1819 Rosewood Ave
PS: 18+ BYOB $5
SPECIAL NOTE: If smoking reefer is your thing, than you should probably get super high before you watch this movie.
SMUT CITY presents: Best of Cinekink
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Exciting news, perverts! This month F*Bomb will be putting on not one, but TWO, totally kick ass SMUT CITY screenings. The first one will be November 17 at the Spiderhouse Ballroom (sometimes called the US Art Authority or the 29th St Ballroom) where we are very pleased to present BEST OF CINEKINK, a short film program highlighting the hottest films Cinekink 2011 had to offer. Here’s the official description of the program:
“Screening at 8 PM, BEST OF CINEKINK/2011 is a showcase of sexy, award-winning shorts deemed the best during CineKink’s annual festival run. In this year’s assortment: LOVE HOTEL (Erika Lust, 2010, Spain, 4 minutes) follows the fantasy scenarios that ensue when a couple checks in. BUTTERFLY CAUGHT (Joshua Bewig, 2010, USA, 7 minutes), follows a shy and studious girl transported to another world by a book on bondage. In TURNING JAPANESE (Paul Bickel, 2009, USA, 20 minutes), a couple stumbles upon an unusual way to turn around their dwindling finances. LOVE, HUGS AND KISSES, SISSY STEPHANIE (Mrs. G, 2010, USA, 12 minutes) is a profile of New York scene icon, Sissy Stephanie. In PISS (Vincent Peone & Bette Bentley, 2010, USA, 7 minutes), a feminist scholar struggles to fulfill his girlfriend’s rather unorthodox desire. And in CACTUS (Anna Treiman, 2009, Denmark, 30 minutes), a woman hires a gigolo to fulfill her secret sexual fantasy of being raped.”
We first encountered Cinekink when they were presenting a panel at last year’s SXSW and SMUT CITY was just a dirty twinkle in our eye. But now, SMUT CITY is the beloved X-rated film series you know and adore and we are bringing Cinekink to Austin for a very special evening. So special in fact, that F*Bomb wants to cut all our loyal readers a deal so as many people can make it to the show as possible. Head over to EventBrite to buy tickets for the show, and if you enter “fbomb” at checkout, you can purchase your tickets for the low price of $5. (We know that SMUT CITY is normally $5, but this is a special event with an out-of-town guest so tickets at the door are $10). We’ll be back soon with an update about our other, super exciting November SMUT CITY screening.
WHAT: SMUT CITY presents: Best of Cinekink w/ Cinekink founder Lisa Vandever
WHEN: November 17th, 8:00PM
WHERE: 29th St Ballroom, 2906 Fruth Street
PS: 18+ Full Bar $10 door/$7 advance/$5 with code “fbomb” purchased here
SPECIAL NOTE: Unlike SMUT CITY’s usual X-rated fare, the Best of Cinekink program is only a hard R, so please feel free to bring prude friends and hot dates!
SMUT CITY presents: CALL OF THE BLONDE GODDESS w/ Lars Nilsen
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Super exciting SMUT CITY news, folks! First, SMUT CITY is moving to Sundays. That’s right, no longer will you have to compromise your love of porn against all the exciting “sitting in bars” action Saturday night has to offer. Second, this month marks the first entry in our new SMUT CITY guest programmer series.
The selector of October’s film is Lars Nilsen, the man behind the Alamo Drafthouse’s Weird Wednesdays and one of the main inspirations for our rambling, entertaining, quasi-informational style of pre-film introductions. Lars felt that SMUT CITY’s audience could benefit from an introduction to the prolific output of euro-sleaze auteur Jesus Franco, and so we will be watching 1977′s CALL OF THE BLONDE GODDESS aka VOODOO PASSION. Here’s what Lars had to say about the film:
“We’re not exactly sure if audiences of 1977 were clamoring for a softcore porn remake of I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE but thanks to hyper-prolific genius-man Jess Franco they got the most stupefyingly awesome softcore porn remake of I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE imaginable. When newlywed Susan joins her husband Jack at his island home, all sorts of mysterious things begin to happen. Jack’s perpetually unclothed blonde sister immediately welcomes her into the family hot tub. Susan’s weird naked voodoo dreams start coming true and the ludicrously gorgeous black magic priestess welcomes her into the cult. Meanwhile, the man she married on a whim begins to seem vaguely sinister, in a sexy way. This movie is 1977 to the max, and packed with gorgeous locations, stoned funk grooves and ragingly beautiful starlets who couldn’t give a fuck about the depilatory arts. Don’t forget to take your glaucoma medicine before you watch this!”
Black magic, boobs, and perpetually unclothed blondes, exciting stuff to say the least. We here at SMUT CITY have enormous respect for Lars’ taste in exploitation cinema and are very excited for SMUT CITY’s first foray into softcore, though there very well might be more to come. You can RSVP for the event here or just show up with $5 and a six-pack. Both are encouraged. Also, for fans of film and those curious about the work of Jesus Franco, Lars’ shared some additional thoughts about the director, and CALL OF THE BLONDE GODDESS in particular, which you can check out below these details.
WHAT: SMUT CITY presents: CALL OF THE BLONDE GODDESS w/ Lars Nilsen
WHEN: October 16th, 10:30PM
WHERE: The New Movement, 1819 Rosewood Ave
PS: 18+ BYOB $5
Lars on CALL OF THE BLONDE GODDESS:
“As far as we can tell, no filmmaker in the sound era has ever written and directed more feature films than Jess Franco. In the ten years leading up to CALL OF THE BLONDE GODDESS, Franco made more than 70 full-length features. His career total is around 200, though we will likely never actually be able to complete a full tally since most of the films were made under pseudonyms (generally the names of Franco’s jazz heroes). It’s such a mind boggling achievement on its own that it threatens to obscure the fact that Franco’s life-work is some of the most interesting and valuable ever created, especially in the realm of sex films. No less an eminence than Orson Welles singled out Franco as an important talent. The great man, over the objections of his producers, insisted that Franco be hired as his assistant director on CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT after seeing one of Franco’s films in a back-alley Pigalle cinema.
CALL OF THE BLONDE GODDESS has never been singled out as a superior Franco film. In truth, it’s not much different than many of his other movies. The locations are familiar, the cast members had worked for him many times, even the plot (a remake of I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE) is a retread, though an inspired one. But as an entry-level Franco film it should serve its purpose – to immerse the viewer in the delirious, gorgeous, ridiculous world of Franco. To Franco’s credit, it is an exceptionally beautiful looking film. The Caribbean (via Portugal) settings are exceptionally photogenic and the actresses contribute much to the appeal of the movie, especially Vicky Adams, who plays the exotic blonde goddess of the title.
Before Jess Franco ever picked up a camera he made his living as a jazz musician and pulp novelist. His films are improvisations on pulp themes and like a good jazz musician he may play the same piece many times but he says new things in each new version depending on his mood, his sex life, the contents of his stomach and bank account. At times his scanarios seem more akin to dreams than conventional movie plots. In fact they were mostly created on set on the day of shooting. To complicate matters further, often while Franco was directing a film for a producer, he was surreptitiously making his own movie on the side with the same actors, crew and sets!
CALL OF THE BLONDE GODDESS is the work of a man with a highly individual vision. Some of you will like it, some will dislike it and hopefully a few of you will go all obsessive over it. Either way, it’s the appropriate response.”
SMUT CITY presents: FUCK YOUR ATTENTION SPAN
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Normally at SMUT CITY, we try to demonstrate how pornography can function as legitimate film. We dispute the notion that porn is only relevant as brief, low quality fuck-clips on Youporn, Xvideo, or Beasttube, and that instead it is something of artistic merit that can carry out plots, dramatic tension, and character development and should be watched until the end credits roll, not just turned off once the viewer orgasms.
But then again, sometimes you just want to get to the good stuff. Sometimes you want all killer, no filler. You want to cut to the chase, skip the bullshit, and embrace the action without having to wade through unnecessary plot or dialogue. You want the pornographic equivalent of a Michael Bay movie. And this Saturday, SMUT CITY is going to give you exactly that.
FUCK YOUR ATTENTION SPAN is a short film collection curated by F*Bomb and Daniel Metz. Encompassing everything from Swedish feminist erotic to sexually explicit condom commercials to the works of Gaspar Noe and beyond, FUCK YOUR ATTENTION SPAN aims to be a hit parade for art appreciative perverts. If you’ve never been to a SMUT CITY before, this is a great one to start with. You’ll leave the theater with your mouth agape, your mind blown, and no idea how you will ever explain to your friends and family exactly what you saw this weekend.
WHAT: SMUT CITY presents: FUCK YOUR ATTENTION SPAN
WHEN: August 27th, 11:45PM (or midnight if the earlier show runs late)
WHERE: The New Movement, 1819 Rosewood Ave
PS: 18+ BYOB $5
SMUT CITY presents: RAW TALENT
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If there were any justice in this world, RAW TALENT would be a widely available, beloved cult classic. Sex-positive teenage punks would broadcast their respect for the film by sewing home made RAW TALENT patches on to the backs of their studded, denim vests and independent video stores would proudly display framed, limited edition RAW TALENT posters on their walls. But there is no justice and so instead of respect and admiration, RAW TALENT’s has received little more than a brutally cut and censored DVD release that removed all of the plot, humor, and action and left nothing but disjointed fucking!
Well fuck that. This Saturday’s SMUT CITY is showing a full-length, uncensored version of what is quite possibly the greatest kung-fu, comedy, drama porno ever made. The film stars Jerry Butler as an aspiring actor who ends up doing some dirty loops for a quick buck. A few years later, when he’s finally caught his break and landed a starring role on a popular soap opera, his pornographic past comes back to haunt him. His only dream shattered by the cynical porn producers who played him for a fool, Butler is left with no choice but to FIGHT BACK!!! And by fight back, we mean this:
That’s right, this an X-rated movie with honest to god ass-kicking fight scenes! The quintessential 42nd street film, RAW TALENT tried to capture everything that it thought would bring an audience into a sleazy theater, namely sex, fighting, and comedy. The result is so overwhelming enjoyable that you’ll forget your watching a porno, right up until the devastatingly sexy Taija Rae appears on screen, that is. Anyways, RAW TALENT was so inspiring, we even briefly considered filming a full on remake. As you can see below, it didn’t really work out.
WHAT: SMUT CITY presents: RAW TALENT
WHEN: July 23rd, 11:30PM
WHERE: The New Movement, 1819 Rosewood Ave
PS: 18+ and BYOB
SMUT CITY presents: SHOCKING!
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Get ready for some seventies smut like only the French could produce! SHOCKING! takes your standard Cold War “finger on the button” nuclear stand off, throws in a heaping silver spoonful of upper class debauchery, and somehow makes hardcore porn feel classier than a poodle in a top hat.
The American president and Soviet premier have gotten into a drunken argument over whose cinema is superior and finally set off World War III. As the bombs drop outside their door, an aristocratic dinner party tries to retain some semblance of dignity. Do they succeed? Not in the slightest! As tensions rise and old secrets are revealed, the dinner party devolves into an anything goes orgy with more cross dressing, candle fucking, and blowjob contests than you can shake a baguette at!
SHOCKING! (aka LA DERNIERE NUIT or THE LAST LUSTFUL NIGHT) is an extremely rare film that is all but impossible to find in America! This will most likely be your only chance to see it… EVER!
WHAT: SMUT CITY presents: SHOCKING!
WHEN: June 25th, 11:30PM
WHERE: The New Movement, 1819 Rosewood Ave
PS: 18+ and BYOB
Alternate title French DVD cover
Shocking! the Trailer
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In case you can’t wait a week and a half to get your French porn fix, here is a trailer for this month’s SMUT CITY, Shocking! The trailer is in French and refers to the movie by its French name, La Derniere Nuit, but don’t worry, SMUT CITY will be screening an English dubbed version and referring to the film by it’s much easier to pronounce English title because this is America and subtitled porn just ain’t patriotic!
SMUT CITY presents The Opening of Misty Beethoven
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Taking a sharp U-turn away from the grimy, uranium warped filth that was CAFE FLESH, for the second exciting edition of SMUT CITY we will be presenting the classy X-rated classic THE OPENING OF MISTY BEETHOVEN. For those of you who have never seen a Golden Age porno flick before, you’re in for a real treat because MISTY BEETHOVEN is absolutely the best of the best. Directed by softcore auteur Radley Metzger under his hardcore pseudonym Henry Paris, MISTY BEETHOVEN is chock full of those rare elements that elevate pornography beyond mere bumping and grinding, namely a plot, a budget, and decent acting.
Based loosely on George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, MISTY BEETHOVEN tells the story of a young prostitute (played by Constance Money in one of very few acting roles) who gets taken under the wing of a fast talking sexologist (the ubiquitous Jamie Gillis) who is convinced he can turn her into this year’s IT girl of the swinging, sexin’, jet setting scene. So basically, it’s My Fair Lady with blowjobs. Don’t miss it.
And for some other exciting news, legendary synth master Xander Harris was so inspired by the last SMUT CITY he went ahead and wrote us our very own theme music. F*Bomb is hoping to collaborate with Mr. Harris in the future on a very exciting special edition of SMUT CITY, but for now, you’ll have to be satisfied with our kick ass new intro song!
SMUT CITY presents CAFE FLESH
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In his amazing essay, Bog Venus VS. Nazi Cock Ring, written for the late great Arthur magazine, genius/wizard/comic book writer Alan Moore carefully explains the difference between erotica and pornography. Erotica is art and like most of the art that humanity considers worthwhile, it tries to connect its viewer with a larger shared human experience. The essence of art is that moment when you watch a movie, or read a book, or look at a painting, and the light flicks on in your head that makes you say, “Oh my God, I’ve felt that way too. I didn’t know anyone else thought like that.” That illuminating connection brings the audience closer together and is a profoundly positive thing. Truly great erotica contains that spark and makes you feel okay about being a human animal with peculiar sexual appetites.
Pornography is the opposite. It’s all flash and pounding flesh but without any of the soul found in erotica. The pornographic experience is almost always one of shame and isolation. Thanks to the Internet and adult video stores, pornography can be obtained and consumed with extremely minimal human interaction. The lonely loser can search for his particular fetish, feast his eyes upon the images, and then feel shame and disconnection after he is finished. There is no story, no plot, no art, no spark that connects with the user and makes them feel human. Aside from the living rooms of certain frat houses, porn use and preference is rarely discussed socially. Unlike art or movies, which are often a primary topic of conversation, it’s rare that even sexually enlightened individuals (or those that regard themselves as such) will sit around and say, “You know, I really enjoy the website submityourflicks.com. I find its tube format and amateur content to be very arousing. What porn have you been masturbating to lately?”
Part of this blame can be laid on the porn industry, but the majority really rests on our own appetites. We want to see money shots, close up penetration, and hard fucking, and we want to see it NOW! Watching an erotic scene with a plot that toys with your expectations and slowly builds up to the sex is frustrating, often maddening, but it’s worth it. That frustration is one of the most erotic things around. But the average consumer prefers their products, and porn, to be cheap, quick, and dirty so the art of titillation is quickly vanishing.
Similarly, without being able to openly discuss why we like certain porn or how it makes us feel, we lose our powers of critique and our taste becomes less discerning. The fact that most porn is consumed alone contributes greatly to its decline in quality. Imagine if all alcohol was consumed in private with the only goal being getting drunk as quickly as possible. No one went to bars or shared beers on their back porch, they just crept downstairs when their family was asleep and did shots until they were drunk. Would we be mixing cocktails and debating our favorite brands of vodka? No. We would be buying cheap swill from the convenience store in the middle of the night, desperately trying to avoid eye contact with the clerk.
Enter SMUT CITY. F*Bomb believes that pornography (plotless fucking films) is problematic and that erotica (movies with sex and a story) needs to be rescued before it becomes a truly lost art. We believe that while sometimes it’s nice to watch porn all by your lonesome and do the deed, it’s also important to watch sexually explicit films in a public setting and have a dialogue with your peers about quality, aesthetic, taste, and meaning. We think that if it’s socially acceptable to sit in a theater and watch horny twenty-somethings get tortured and killed by some masked maniac, than it should be okay to sit in a theater and watch a film where they show peni and vaginae in all their uncensored glory. If hiding booze and drinking alone are signs of alcoholism, than we say that millions of people hiding porn and masturbating in the middle of the night to things they would never discuss with another living soul are signs of a sexually dysfunctional society. That’s why we’re asking you to put down the cheap malt liquor and join us at the bar for a classy cocktail. That’s why we’re inviting you to SMUT CITY.
For our debut film, we will be showing the Rinse Dream classic CAFE FLESH. For the uninitiated, CAFE FLESH is a one of a kind cinematic experience, a film that features pornographic sex in scenes too artfully twisted and surreal to be very erotic to anyone not suffering frontal lobe damage. That’s not to say the sex is gross or repulsive, it’s just out there to an extent that makes it clear that the filmmakers primary concern wasn’t creating masturbation material. The plot is perfectly suited to SMUT CITY‘s mission statement. After the bomb has dropped, the surviving mutants and low lifes are left to eke out a meager existence in the ruins of civilization. 99.9% of the population are Sex Negatives, sexual cripples who become physically ill at the slightest erotic touch. Unable to quench their unchecked libidos, these perma-voyeurs gather in cabarets like CAFE FLESH each night to watch the few remaining Sex Positives perform for their pleasure.
Here are two screen shots from the film, just to wet your appetite and give you some idea of what to expect.
This is CAFE FLESH’s interpretation of domestic bliss.
And here is what they think it’s like to take a memo.
CAFE FLESH is not a film to be missed. Come see it tonight at SMUT CITY and be an erotica embracing sex positive rather than a lonely, shameful sex negative. Admission is $5 and the New Movement theater is BYOB!
Chicks on Porn
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Just like Nicolas Cage in 8MM, F*Bomb in Print continues to plumb the depths of pornography’s depravity, sacrificing our sanity to get to the bottom of this seedy world of ruin. But instead of looking for snuff (which is soooooooo nineties), we’re mainly just talking to professors and pornographers about what they think. This week, we veered away from the pros and talked to a couple of ordinary ladies who just happen to enjoy watching people fuck on film. Big thanks to Juli and Sarah Megan for speaking so eloquently about their pervy passions. Click the photo to read what they had to say.
Click on whoever you think is closer to completing their MFA to read the article.
And while we’re on the subject of women watching porn, we’d like to point out this list of 10 Best Porn Films to Watch With Your Girlfriend and the fact that it’s moronic. If your girlfriend likes being bored, than by all means watch Pirates together, but if you really want to watch porn as a couple you’d probably be better off watching something that doesn’t make Cutthroat Island look like a gripping and realistic tale of high seas adventure.
A much better suggestion would be the classic post-apocalyptic eighties porn Cafe Flesh, which- oh my god what a coincidence- F*Bomb is going to be screening this month for our brand new SMUT CITY series. Details are all up on the Facebook event here and on the poster below.
